Show Star Rating Rating- Conferred On DeMille By fly CHARLES R. R MOORE HOLLYWOOD UP After three decades In Hollywood Cecil B B. de Mille has become a a. a star tar The pioneer producer-director producer achieves this distinction at the age of 60 oldest trouper so honored since the late Marie Dressler Dressier Although the term star generally generally generally gen gen- is applied quite loosely the picture people themselves themselves' are rather strict about it It Is a a. matter matter matter mat mat- ter of billing and a a. person acquainted acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac- ac with Hollywood practices can tell merely by glancing at the title and the list of principals who are stars and who are not Recognition of De Mille as a star came when Paramount Paramount Paramount Para Para- mount ordered his name set in inthe inthe inthe the same size type as those of Ray Milland John Wayne and Paulette Goddard above and above and that Is the Important part the part the title of his hew new technicolor sea film Reap the Wild Wind The picture re is De Dc Milles Mille's and marks and marks his anniversary as a e. The studio explained that his name has come to mean as much to the public as those of the actors In many cases his own personality outshines those of his stars on the sets Also De Mille has an audience which probably reaches several million listeners each week through his radio theater pro pro- gram The studio thus has come to feel that it has as much to sell in the theDe theDe theDe De Mille name as in the names of ot the actors and actresses and intends hereafter to capitalize on onit onit onit it fully De Mille began pegan his career as a movie maker In 1912 when with Jesse L L. Lasky and Goldwyn Goldwyn Goldwyn Gold- Gold wyn he organized the Lasky Feature Feature Feature Fea Fea- ture Play company forerunner of Paramount |